Brussels, 04/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - European farmers backed by COPA-COGECA say the European Commission's idea to exempt micro-enterprises and niche seeds from risk-registration procedures risks setting up a parallel seed market of uncertain quality. At the European Parliament's agriculture committee, where talks have just begun on the proposals, some MEPs say the exemptions do not go far enough.
On 30 September, the Parliament's agriculture committee discussed the draft regulation to...